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The Law Clerk Chronicles – Proper Use of Magistrates Uncategorized

The Law Clerk Chronicles – Proper Use of Magistrates

Today they are referred to as 'magistrate-judges', but when I was clerking back in 1985…

Ernie SvensonFebruary 5, 2004

The Law Clerk Chronicles Law Clerks

The Law Clerk Chronicles

In one of my recent posts I mentioned that the federal trial judge that I…

Ernie SvensonJanuary 6, 2004

The Law Clerk Chronicles – Citation Pendantry Uncategorized

The Law Clerk Chronicles – Citation Pendantry

Judge Richard Posner used the word hypertrophy to describe the obsession that the editors of…

Ernie SvensonDecember 9, 2003

Advice for managing E-mail – Productivity Tips websites

Advice for managing E-mail – Productivity Tips

Dennis Kennedy has a great article at LLRX.com entitled The Fourfold Path to Email Enlightenment.…

Ernie SvensonDecember 8, 2003

Law Firm marketing with weblogs Uncategorized

Law Firm marketing with weblogs

Here at our 40+ lawyer firm in New Orleans we are scratching our heads trying…

Ernie SvensonNovember 14, 2003

ABA Litigation News article on Law Blogs Uncategorized

ABA Litigation News article on Law Blogs

The November edition of Litigation News, a publication of the ABA Section of Litigation, highlights…

Ernie SvensonNovember 4, 2003

Compartmentalizing legal regimes is increasingly ineffective law practice

Compartmentalizing legal regimes is increasingly ineffective

If the Wall St. Journal publishes an article in the United States suggesting that Saudis…

Ernie SvensonNovember 3, 2003

Should Democrats court “gun enthusiasts?” Uncategorized

Should Democrats court “gun enthusiasts?”

Instapundit (who is pro-guns) calls Howard Dean a political genius for his pro Second Amendment…

Ernie SvensonOctober 8, 2003

Why should the press have special protection? Uncategorized

Why should the press have special protection?

I lived through the Watergate Era. I idolized Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, and I…

Ernie SvensonOctober 5, 2003

Quitting the law to pursue a ‘dream job’ Humorlaw practice

Quitting the law to pursue a ‘dream job’

Most of the time I love practicing law, even on days filled with hectic chaos…

Ernie SvensonSeptember 2, 2003